A Heartfelt Gift

I have been doing the monthly newsletter for my spinner guild, The Spindrifters for about four years now -

I enjoy doing it - you get to meet all the new people, and keep in touch with old friends.  And, you are always "in the know" -

So, I was surprised when I got an email from our guild president saying that she was sorry I had missed Dye Day because the guild members had made a present for me. 


Since she and her husband are landscaping customers of The Shepherd, she would send it home for me the next time he came over there to work.  So last Monday after dinner, he handed me this pretty bag.

Inside it was THIS -

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The only place I could find to lay it out to take a picture was on our front deck - and then I still couldn't get a very good picture of the whole thing, so I've broken it down into bits. 

Bits of hand spun, woven, crocheted and knitted love and affection. 

And it came with a little envelope of the notes and cards that came with the squares before they were put together into my beautiful blanket. 

All the colors of the rainbow . . .

Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making it. 

I will treasure it. 

My cousin's quilts!

You find surprising things at a family reunion.

Like incredibly talented people. 

We had not had much contact with the folks from this "branch" of the family tree for many years - but when we started emailing back & forth before the reunion, I had asked Brooke if she or her sisters were still spinning - as I knew they had before her dad had passed away.

"No, we're into quilting now"  she said.

"Well, I'll bring some of my yarn to show you - do you have any pictures of your quilts that you  could bring?"  I asked.   


They did me one better. 

They brought quilts to show

Really beautiful, original quilts.  

Old fashioned quilts

Teaching quilts from classes they have given. 

And adorable designs.  

This one, and the kitty quilt at the top of this post?  My favorites - way too cute.  

This was a quilt that one of them had made to donate to a fund raiser auction.  A family member liked it so much, they bought it back.  

I love the stylish horses and the colors. They had lots more that they showed us.  I wish I had taken more pictures! 

Pretty cool, huh? 

We won't loose track of these gals this time.